TechMonkey

Looks interesting but... Why, oh why have they changed the basic tenant?! Why buy a series and then change the foundations!

Sharepoint.

I'm interested as well as we are sometimes in alone and the Estates team are often alone all over the site. The OP asked for examples of systems in use that work so maybe let's see what comes up from people that are using them. Respectfully, if you roll your own system that works then I'd be interested to hear about it or maybe start a thread asking if anyone has ideas how to do this with minimal cost or using off the shelf components and start a discussion to iron out the kinks. Otherwise this is all dragging an interesting thread of on a tangent.

No offence @mavhc, but do you have current or past experience of a lone worker system in use successfully?

Does your phone system have a webinar feature? 3CX has one built in that can do click start webinars without the need to have an installer, all web based. But Teams/Hangouts are probably your best bet for simplicity.

It is possible, you can also make it self service. I've never done it for fear of being one of those news stories we all laugh at but are secretly glad it wasn't us. Like the Uni that managed to deploy Win10 to all its servers

Ask for timings. Put the onus on them to give you evidence, they either will and you have real world data to work with, or they don't and you keep merging tickets to the original that you asked for timings and repeat your request. If they provide the timings see if they are reasonable. If they are tell them that, job closed. If they are not try on a different machine and compare and contrast. I bet the answer is as others have said, Powerpoints with tons of 5 Squillion Megapixel images in that haven't been compressed or 4K videos in. Don't forget (and sorry if teaching to suck eggs) that even if a picture is resized to a thumbnail or cropped it will still be the original size in memory.

Yes, there is a Lockdown feature in Net2. In the Server config application go to the Features tab and tick "Security Lockdown integration". You should now have some new options in the client: - Under "View" tick the option for "View Lockdown Status" and you will get a new button in the top right. - In each user there is a tickox in the bottom right to exclude a user from Lockdown rules I think there is some more options but I can't remember at the moment. But that should get your started. EDIT: The official documentation for lockdown https://www.paxton-access.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/AN1122.pdf. I'd forgotten that you have to create the rule manually and can set what doors it affects.

Doh, stupidly laid out graph is stupid! That's my story and I'm sticking to it. Though I would still contend that top 4 is top brand. Thanks for the info and response.

You restrict your users to a fixed bandwidth decided by net pipe divided by devices?

... I'm sorry what?

We have HP (now Aruba) switches and they have done well by us. We went for POE+ throughout to ensure we had flexibility for future projects and it has been a godsend for things like phones, CCTV and the ability to just get things done when, as ever, things have been thrown at us last minute.

Depends on which company you are talking about. The companies that come and visit us and are impressed are general companies, not to do with WiFi, that think we will have problems with wifi and we generally surpass their expectations. The companies that did the reports, the beamforming one was independent and the other was a Ruckus test overseen by an independent consultant with all sorts of companies asked to participate and they tried to make it as scientific as possible. None of them were related to us, they were reports I found on the line. The only survey we have had was for a company that we didn't go for as they wanted to absolutely flood the site and I felt that was overkill. We instead grew the system organically and filled in space as it was needed. We occasionally go round with a laptop and some free software to see if there are any issues. We do need to get an indepent tester in at some point as we don't know what we don't know nad it would be nice to have an independent stamp of approval or some improvements we could make. The beamforming report was Toms Hardware (2009) - https://www.tomshardware.com/uk/reviews/beamforming-wifi-ruckus,2390.html The stress test was from Divergent Dynamics (2017) - http://divdyn.com/docs/WiFi-vendor-video-stress-test.pdf I'm sure all kinds of holes can be poked in the tests but they are the closest I have seen to comprehensive reviews. I had forgotten the Toms Hardware was 2009 though! I think the Divergent Dynamics report is at least the second report as I'm sure I saw an earlier version along with a video showing the testing.

This comes under lies, damned lies and statistics. They are still third in the world. Many would consider that a top brand. Personally I still never understand how Cisco is top for Wifi with such a large proportion. I've not looked recently but when I had a look at their kit it wasn't great, but I guess Cisco is still the networking company and some people just default to that. Currently use Ruckus and it has been rock solid, no issues and companies are always surprised at our coverage considering we are an old building with walls thicker than most. I always refer back to the report done by a company that showed how much more effective Ruckus beamforming was in an office and the intensive usage report by a different company. But those are quite a few years old now and we are looking at upgrading our wifi so I will probably look at Aruba and another that I have forgotten the name of but seems to be gaining traction across education. Can I ask what your recommendation is? EDIT:Cambium, that's the one I was thinking of.

Surely the important question is how do you get out?!

We do the same. Use SendGrid and add the sendgrid details to our DNS settings. Not had any issues since. EDIT: iSAMS support had to set us up on SendGrid, it was not something we did. We just sorted the DNS records.

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If done correctly (ha ha ha ha ha, I know) then you wouldn't need to run them all at once. You create a massive bank of questions and then the system randomly picks. This prevents cheating in the room as well as the people sitting near you will be unlikely to have the same question. As Jammar90 said, adaptive exams would be so much better rather than cramming the old system straight online but I doubt that will happen. I don't know if anyone on here runs IB but I have heard good things about their MYP exams, but nothing from the setup/technical side. The issue with comparisons is that the MYP is a totally different type of course so geared more towards interpreting information and using sources, not regurgitating facts.

I wasn't. I was hired for my skills and experience. Nowhere in my JD does it say I have to save money. I am asked to get best value and fit for the school. If my sole purpose was to save money then I would just chuck all the IT into a skip and hand out pens and paper. I would save loads of money from my department, job done. EDIT: But you aren't thinking about the whole picture. Would training need to be expanded to teaching staff? Would a Linux understanding third line support company need to be employed, at more of a cost then a Windows shop? What would be the effect on IT staff? Would you need to send them on retraining? Would future appointments cost the same? So there is a chance you would end up paying the same or more, it just wouldn't show on your direct budget. So the school is no better off, you've just shifted costs. Nothing is black and white and has no consequences. EDIT EDIT: Or what LocalzUK said more eloquently

Ok, I'm going to bow out of this as you do not seem able to grasp the issue at all, which is troubling in it self to me, and we are going to end up going around and around in circles when it is off topic from the OP. You admitted that private files are needed in your own argument so negate your whole point, which leads me to wonder if you are just arguing for argument's sake or really haven't thought it through. Once we get on to discussing things like using email as a storage medium then I am definitely out. But hey, we are all different, that's what makes life interesting. Good luck with it.

I would love to and in the past have set up all kinds of Open Source systems or installs. But to push further it would need major buy in by the school management and teachers and as there is major uproar when a font changes I was never confident enough to push it. The usual arguments also apply, it's all well and good me setting it up but what about my replacement, or as I am a hobbyist with Linux what happens if there is a major issue and the system has become integral? It is a fantastic ideal and wish I could push it further and harder but I have to think of the whole school and the users.

Email for storage? But that is non personal as well so shouldn't that be shared? "No one went looking" that you know of as you had no way to check? No one should be surprised as it should be in your AUP and part of your induction. Those arent secrets, they are sensitive information that is company related. What you probably created is staff storing information on USB sticks (if allowed) or on other storage, creating Shadow IT, and we all know how well both of those go. I'm glad you or your previous school lived a charmed existence. But as I said one mistake and that would be a tribunal or a court case.

There is a massive difference between your employer may look at your files and everyone can look at your files willy nilly. Where do standard users store their Appraisals, reviews or sensitive documents that are meant to be for them and their line managers eyes only now that everyone can now look? Disciplinary matters, bereavement issues, medical or mental health documents. What if something is downloaded that someone else looks at that is either misinterpreted or causes issues? What about medical or sickness documents that may need to be saved to a home area to be passed on to management? The better question is why does everyone need access to all documents, even read only? Just to prove your point that you want to stick to? It ignores best practice of the principle of least privilege. One mistake, one accidental save, and you have the potential to cause massive HR/employment issues. As I said great shortcut to a tribunal and a complete disregard or ignorance of potential issues.

That is asking for trouble. Surefire way to end up in a tribunal

Sorry, I understand better now. Yes if the limit was set to 100 people it would block if you tried to send to 101 people in the TO field, 101 in the BCC or 51 in each. I've not seen anything that counts To: and/or CC: exclusively.